Ghulam Rasool Birhamani

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Appendix

Journalists Killed 2003-2012: Motive Confirmed

CPJ research has determined that 42 journalists were killed in Pakistan in direct relation to their work from January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2012. An additional 12 journalists were killed in unclear circumstances during the time period. Capsule reports on each death follow, beginning with cases in which CPJ has confirmed a work-related motive.

The murder of a journalist such as Ghulam
Rasool Birhamani might tend to be quickly forgotten. After all, he was a
local reporter for a small newspaper, the Daily
Sindhu Hyderabad, in a country where violence is routine. But hundreds of his
fellow journalists turned out on Wednesday for a march to protest his killing
and push for justice, Dawn newspaper reported.

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New York, May 12, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in calling for a thorough investigation into the killing of Sindh-based journalist Ghulam Rasool Birhamani. His body was found Monday morning, outside the village of Wahi Pandhi in Sindh province. Both organizations reported that the journalist was kidnapped the evening before his body was discovered.

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The body of Birhamani, 40, a reporter for the Daily Sindhu
Hyderabad, was found outside his hometown of Wahi Pandhi, Sindh province, on
May 10, a day after he was reported kidnapped. The Pakistan Federal Union of
Journalists and the media support group Pakistan Press Foundation reported that
his body was badly scarred and showed evidence of torture.

Birhamani's family believed he was killed because of his
reporting on ethnic issues in Sindh province, the journalists union said. A
colleague told the newspaper Dawn that Birhamani's story on the marriage of a
12-year-old girl to a 22-year-old man might have been the specific trigger for
the attack. Birhamani had received threats from members of the Lashari tribe
just days before he was seized, the press foundation said.

Hundreds of journalists turned out for a march to protest
his killing. Dawn quoted some of the demonstrators as saying that police were
reluctant to investigate because of political sensitivities. The journalists
union said Birhamani had worked for many years for various Sindhi-language
dailies. He left behind a wife, two sons, and a daughter.